Gatwick Airport has denied that staff shortages were to blame following the death of a disabled man who fell down an escalator while making their way through a busy terminal.
The man was waiting for special assistance to help him disembark from an easyJet flight but left the plane and was trying to make his way through the busy North Terminal when he died on Wednesday. A source told the Sun that the man and his wife both needed special assistance to get off the plane, saying: “While on the escalator the passenger fell down and suffered serious injuries as a result and died.
"Someone should have been helping him. There’s been a real issue with staffing problems and some disabled people have had to wait for hours for help."
